Wringer



Feb. 9 1926.

W. A. FRANTZ WRINGER Filed March 11, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet WCLVQQT A. FTQ 'INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,201

' W. A. FRANTZ WRINGER Filed March 11, 1922 2 Sheets-Shet 2 II II I. I

Wcflter A. Frank 1N1 'ILYTOR.

i F L l Patented Feb. 9, 1926.- v I UNITED STATES PATENT 0 FFICE.

WALTER a. mantra or CLEVELAND, OHIO. wnmonn.

Applicationfllcd latch 11, 1922. Serial No. 542,886.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, WALTER A. FRANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wringers, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exactdescription, re erence being had to the ac clempanying drawings.

of the power operated type and has for its objects the provision ofa new and improved.

means for mounting said wringer; the provlsion of a new and improved wringer-support; the provision of a wringer construction and wringer support sodesigned and assembled that two similar shafts can be used; while further objects and advantages escription proceeds.

vIn the accompanying drawings I have shown one of the many physical forms in which my inventive idea can be embodied, although it will be understood that the. same is only illustrative and not limiting upon me. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wrin r and its supporting and operating mec 1anism embodying my improvements; Fig.2is a detail view of one end of the wringer partly in section; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the wringer, the support being omitted; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section corresponding to the line 4 4 of Figs. 2 and 3; and Fig. 5 is a view looking into the mouth of the gear casing, the retaining bolts being shown in place, but the wringer frame being removed.

Describing the parts by reference characters, 1 and 2 represent matin frame members having upright channeled end parts 3, 3 housing the bearing members 4, 4 in which are journaled the shafts 5, 5 of the rolls 6, 6. The frame members are also formed at one end with a second pair of registering channels 7' forming housings for the inter-' meshing gears 8, 8 with which the shafts are provided. Any suitable means can .be employed-for producing, adjusting, and releasing the tension, the means here shown in which in turn is carried by a pivoted nut 15 held down by a releasable catch 16.

The support of this wrmger comprises a s lnvention relates to clothes wringers.

' outside of the duces an assembly of I claim nation,

gear box 20, also preferably made in two mating halves joined on the vertical plane indicated at 21, and secured together: by suitable bolts 22. This box has a depending hollow pivot-portion 23 in which Is journaled the drive shaft 24, and a horizontal, hollow rece-ving portion 25 in which is journaled the driven shaft 26. Theend of this receiving portion has an elongated, vertically arranged mouth defined by the jaws 28, 28, and the end of the wringer frame has a pair of spaced jaws 29, 29 complementa'ry thereto and arranged to engage the'receiving portion in interfitting relation. In the present embodiment the jaws 29 are located jaws 28, the two being complementarily r.bbed and grooved to fit to- 'gether and clamped rigidly by the bolts 30, 3f the invention will become apparent as the 30 I 20 gether by suitable gearing as indicated in Fig. 1, and the shaft 26' is connected to the lower roll-shaft 5' by a suitable coupling 32, preferably of a type to permit a small degree of universal movement. For this purpose the roll shaft preferably projects a distance beyond the end of the wringer frame as shown; and the upper roll shaft is preferably made of be interchangeable therewith, the box 25 being recessed to permitthis as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

The construction herein illustrated rothe maximum rigi ity, simplicity, compactness, and; lightness, I do not, however, cular features of construction herein shown except as specifically recited in my claims.

Having thus described my invention what 1. In awer operated wrin er, in combination, a rame, a pair of paral e1 roll-shafts journaled therein, a gear-box, a horizontally projecting hollow frame receiving portion extending therefrom and having an elongated vertically extending mouth, a horizontal-driven shaft journaled in said receiv; ing portion, said frame and receiving por? tion having cooperating dove-tail provisions for holding the same together, and means additional to such dove-tail provisions for holding one of said roll-shafts in alinement with said driven shaft.

2. In a power operated wringer, in combia frame having a air of spaced uprights, substantially parallial jaws at one end The shafts 24 and 26 are connected to-' equal length so as to limit myself to the partidefining an open mouth, a pair of parallel roll shaftsjournaled in said frame and having endsprojecting through said'mouth, a-

' 7 being of sutficient vertical extent to permit the necessary vertical movement of the other j shaft journaled in roll-shaft.

3. In'a power operated wringer, in combination, a frame having jaws and a supporting member having jaws complementarythereto, rolls journaled in said frame, driving mechanism in said supporting member, one set of said jaws being arranged to open and close at right angles to the rolls, and means for clamping said last set of jaws upon the other set of jaws.

4. In a power 0 ra'ted wringer, in combination, apair 0 mating frame members which meet uponavertical plane, each of said members having at one end a vertical jaw, said jaws defining a mouth, a hollow supporting bracket having a pair of jaws adapted to fit between said first-jaws, a roll said frame and projecting through said mouth into said bracket, and transverse bolts clamping said jaws together.

.5. Ina power operated wringer, in com bination, a pair of mating frame members which meet upon a vertical plane, each of said members having at one end a vertical jaw, said jaws defining a mouth, a second pair of hollow mating members which meet upon a vertical plane to form a gear box, one side of said gear box having a hollow supporting bracket. terminating in spaced jaws complementary to said first jaws, roll shafts joarnaled in said frame, gearing in said gear box, operative connections between said gearing and'one of said roll shafts, means securing together independently the mating members of said frame and gear box, and means clamping said jaws together in interfitting relation.

,6. In a wringer, in combination, a frame, a pair of parallel roll-shafts journaled therein, a bracket for supporting said frame, and having a vertically faced receiving portion adapted to engage an end member of said --frame, said frame and said receiving portion' having interfitting dove-tail provisions whereby they are held together.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

IVALTER A. FRANTZ. 

